Study of New Madrid Fault Looking at Soil, Bedrock

ST. LOUIS, MO - Scientists are studying where a St. Louis-area earthquake might hit, and how to minimize any potential damage.

Geologists are working with Missouri and Illinois agencies to study St. Louis-area soil and bedrock, looking to better map the danger zones and safer places.

The study announced yesterday comes as many scientists and engineers believe the New Madrid Fault beneath Missouri's Bootheel and into Arkansas could produce a significant temblor within the next 50 years.

A series of earthquakes was linked to that fault in 1811 to 1812, with lesser-but-damaging ones in 1843 and 1895.

A geo-physicist at St. Louis University's Earthquake Center says it will assist in designing earthquake-resistant structures and bolstering old ones to make them safer.

Health officials say they are aggressively combatting an atypical and unusually severe hepatitis A outbreak in northeastern Arkansas that has infected at least 85 people and caused at least one death since February.

Health officials say they are aggressively combatting an atypical and unusually severe hepatitis A outbreak in northeastern Arkansas that has infected at least 85 people and caused at least one death since February.

41-year-old William Wineke of the 600 block of Kinzer Street has a warrant for his arrest for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. (Source: Poplar Bluff Police Department)

A Poplar Bluff man is wanted for being a non-compliant sex offender. 41-year-old William Wineke of the 600 block of Kinzer Street has a warrant for his arrest for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

A Poplar Bluff man is wanted for being a non-compliant sex offender. 41-year-old William Wineke of the 600 block of Kinzer Street has a warrant for his arrest for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

A “zero-tolerance policy” put into effect by the Trump administration increased criminal prosecutions of people caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally, which led to adults being jailed and their children separated from them.

A “zero-tolerance policy” put into effect by the Trump administration increased criminal prosecutions of people caught trying to enter the U.S. illegally, which led to adults being jailed and their children separated from them.